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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.8
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff. Rāma & Sītā distribute wealth, the poor Trijaṭa receives the cattle encompassed by his staff’s throw
In the sequence: they give him jewelry, gifts for his wife, a decorated couch, and the elephant Śatruñjaya, which Rāma received from his maternal uncle, together with a thousand other elephants → Suyajña blesses all three travelers
2.29.8
paryaṅkam agryāstaraṇaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam
tam apīcchati vaidehī pratiṣṭhāpayituṃ tvayi
Vaidehī also wishes to bestow upon you a couch with an excellent covering, adorned with various jewels.
Words: paryaṅkam — a couch, bed; agryāstaraṇaṃ — with an excellent covering; nānāratnavibhūṣitam — adorned with various jewels; tam — that; apīcchati — also wishes; vaidehī — Vaidehī (Sītā); pratiṣṭhāpayituṃ — to bestow, establish; tvayi — upon you
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.